Family Remains

Prepare to be hooked by the gripping thriller that returns to the dark secrets of Lisa Jewell’s million-copy bestseller The Family Upstairs.* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *'I was ENTHRALLED' Gillian McAllister'A GRIPPING read' Shari Lapena'A sheer PLEASURE to read' Harriet Tyce___________LONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones.DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago.Also inside the bag is a trail of clues, in particular the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up.The clues point forward too to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts.Four deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever . . .___________More praise for The Family Remains:'Grips from first page to last' Paula Hawkins'Artful, slippery, HUGELY SATISFYING' Louise Candlish'Compulsive, gripping and immersive' CL Taylor'Twisty and strange and surprising' Emily Henry'Perfection on a page' Alice Feeney'The story EVERYONE has been waiting for' Adele Parks'Guaranteed to send your blood pressure soaring' Red Magazine'It's a triumph. Brava!' Erin Kelly'Lisa Jewell is, simply, outstanding' Alex Marwood'Compelling, ingenious, breath-stopping' Tammy Cohen'A witty and propulsive stunner of a novel' Katherine Heiny'This is Lisa Jewell at her absolute best.' Paul Burston'A compulsive, dark, satisfying tale' Catherine Steadman'The writing is outstanding from start to finish and it's an engrossing read' 5-star reader review'I could not put it down and loved the surprises and twists' 5-star reader review'Lisa Jewell can write one hell of a thriller!!' 5-star reader reviewThe Family Remains, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023New York Times bestseller, August 2023